Patient Care Technician

at Total Renal Care, Inc., DBA Davita in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Posting Date07/03/2025

1156 S. Roselle Road,Schaumburg,Illinois,60193,United States of America

No On Call

Dialysis Experience Required with a current CCHT

Approximately 10% of all dialysis patients reside in a SNF and are transported to dialysis three times a week placing a significant burden on patients and adding significant avoidable costs to the health care system. DSD Services teammates will have access to all the capabilities and resources DaVita has to offer. Teammates must be comfortable working autonomously and have demonstrated the ability to collaborate with cross-functional resources across the Village.

The work location is on site at Alden Poplar Creek (1545 Barrington Rd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 ). The dialysis den is growing operations and will be open Monday - Saturday in the future. The PCT teammate is likely to work 3 days per week with no on-call. This person must be flexible to work at other DaVita SNF dialysis den locations.

What you can expect:
In this role, you take responsibility for the complete ongoing care of each patient to ensure their dialysis treatment stays on track.PCTs will work in conjunction with dialysis RNs to provide dialysis care.

Patient Care: Spending the majority of your day in direct one-on-one patient care to provide safe, comfortable and hygienic dialysis treatment.
Complexity: DSD Dialysis care is a complex but fulfilling service line. Meeting and/or exceeding clinical outcomes are the goals and multitasking is an expectation to meet the needs of the service, the patients and our SNF partners.
Autonomy and Critical Thinking: Provide comprehensive patient care in an independent setting. Plan to be on your toes at all times. You use your mind constantly. You apply your "core" skills to monitor patients before, during and after dialysis treatment including measuring and recording stats, patient observations, and hemodialysis machine setup. There's a lot to track and manage and the joy comes in witnessing how your care impacts patients' lives.

Some details about this position:
Your training will include a combination of classroom and hands-on learning, through DaVita's award-winning training programs
Training may take place in a facility or a training clinic with a class of new teammates other than your assigned home clinic
May be asked to support other local SNF dens

You must have:
High school diploma or equivalent
MUST SHOW A VALID AND ACTIVE CCHT ON THE NNCC WEBSITE
Basic computer skills and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook

You might also have (a.k.a. nice-to-haves):
Training/Teaching/Healthcare Education background

What We'll Provide:
More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most including:
Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
Support for you and your family: family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
Paid training: DaVita offers all new dialysis teammates a robust, paid training program to help you learn the right dialysis skills. The training is a mix of classroom and hands on training.
Reimbursement for your Certified Hemodialysis Technician (CHT) license
Preceptor University: Learn how to become teach future DaVita teammates clinical procedures and policies
Opportunity to grow personally and professionally. DaVita is committed to providing robust development opportunities including:
DSSL & SPARK - Gives clinical teammates the chance to develop into supervisory and leadership skills
Bridge to Your Dreams: Offers high-performing patient care technicians (PCTs) a path to becoming a registered nurse through fully funded tuition and career coaching.
100+ CEU courses at no cost
Gateway: A web-based application available to teammates for career planning, learning and training, and recognition. It allows you to access new courses and CE credits and explore career paths on your own time. It also has a newsfeed to keep you up to date on Village news and functions as a social platform to connect you to teammates

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